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Catherine Fookes vs Dame Meg Hillier

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

392 same votes 14 different votes 406 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
51 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
51 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.7%
8% above average
Rank 178 of 650
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
513
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
997
56.0% of votes cast
249
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
782
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

103
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Appearances
154
+57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
144
-25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Contributions
278
+108.8 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£211,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API